The Russian army, consisting of Vostok units, took control of the village of Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this in its daily report.
It is stated that Vostok units also improved the tactical position and defeated formations of brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and territorial defenses in the Dobrovolye, Velikaya Novoselka, Novopol and Zeleny Pole regions in the DPR.
In addition, the counterattack of the assault group of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army was repelled.
As a result, the enemy lost up to 115 military personnel, one infantry fighting vehicle, an American-made M113 armored personnel carrier and a French-made Caesar self-propelled gun mount.
Russian defense ministry on the morning of October 8 informedHe said that the Russian army from the Vostok group, improving its tactical positions along the entire line of contact, destroyed the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreating from Vugledar.
Also a Russian soldier with the call sign “Faust” saidSoldiers of the 110th brigade of the group of forces “South” destroyed a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which confused Russian soldiers with their colleagues.
A Russian lieutenant previously under fire caught and held the machine gun nest of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.